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After 48 hours of frantic effort, Brazilian rescue workers have called off their search for survivors at a collapsed dam in Minas Gerais state. AP Photo/Leo Correa

Dam collapse at Brazilian mine exposes grave safety problems

Julian D. Olden, University of Washington; Jean Vitule, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR); Paulo dos Santos Pompeu, Federal University of Lavras; Thiago B. A. Couto, University of Washington, and Thiago Vinicius Trento Occhi, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Nearly 1,800 Brazilian dams are at risk of failure, according to the government. Fixing them is expensive – but ignoring aging dams can have considerable social, economic and environmental costs.

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